The Nepal Olympic Committee has demanded that the government return the Olympic building in Satdobato.
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Asian Beach Games in Sanya, China from April 22 to 30. Asian Games in Aichi and Nagoya, Japan from September 19 to October 4.
Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal from October 31 to November 13. Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from November 28 to December 7.
Nepali sports will be busy if they are to participate in these four major international competitions to be held in 2026. However, the dispute over the Nepal Olympic Committee (NOC) has not been resolved at the right time. In such a situation, there is no decision on how Nepal will participate. More importantly, there has been no concrete decision on Nepal's participation in the upcoming Asian Games.
The National Sports Council (NSC) has recently made a decision. That is, to participate in the Asian Games. For that, the official and internationally recognized Nepal Olympic Committee has concluded its 21st general meeting on Monday, passing a vote of thanks to the council. Not only that, the general meeting paid tribute to the martyrs of the Gen-G movement.
NOC has also demanded that the government return the Olympic building in Satdobato to it. In such a situation, the question now is, what will be the reaction of the Nepal government and the National Sports Council. If we are to participate in the Asian Games, there will be no other option but to conduct all the processes through the Olympic Committee headed by Jeevan Ram Shrestha. In such a situation, the government will have recognized that committee when it runs the participation process.
On the occasion of the inauguration of the general meeting, Chairman Shrestha said that the NOC is ready to move forward in cooperation with everyone for the development of Nepali sports. He said that his organization is always ready for the well-being of Nepali sports and athletes. He complained that the previous Nepal government had done injustice to Nepali sports by forming another parallel Nepal Olympic Committee.
He further said, ‘The game should be on the field, but now it has reached the court. The dispute of most associations is in the court. In such a situation, Nepali sports cannot develop. If politics is involved in sports, it will only spoil it. We are in a sad situation. Even though we have our own building, we have not been able to hold programs there. We are promoting the Olympic spirit, but we are the ones who are being unjust.’
The then government had formed another parallel NOC under the leadership of Dhruv Bahadur Pradhan. The Olympic building in Satdobato is currently locked. Meanwhile, the NOC, headed by Shrestha, has recently announced scholarships for the upcoming Olympics, Asian Games and Youth Olympics. Not only that, it has also presented a busy program for the entire year of 2026. Accordingly, four Olympic Solidarity courses will be organized in the coming year, along with Fun Run, Lumbini Peace Marathon, Sports Congress, Talent Hunt program, Olympic Day and NOC Award program. In the general meeting, General Secretary Rajiv Shrestha presented the progress report of the international competitions participated in 2025. Internal Auditor Rabin Bhulas presented the financial report for the fiscal year 2081/082.
Chief Accountant Rajan Shrestha, representing Treasurer Tasi Ghale, presented the annual budget for 2026. Executive Secretary Sujan Lal Shrestha informed about various national and international programs to be held in 2026. The general assembly has passed all those proposals and programs. On the occasion of the assembly, a proposal was passed to form the Olympic Movement Unit on Prevention of Manipulation of Sports (PMC) under the coordination of former Additional Inspector General of Nepal Police Kiran Bajracharya. The International Olympic Committee had formed such a separate unit for the first time in 2017.
A total of 23 associations were present at the general assembly. On the occasion of the inauguration, Deepak Thapa, Vice President of the Nepal National and International Players Association, Niranjan Adhikari, President of the Nepal Sports Journalists Forum, and Deepak Neupane, President of the Baseball and Softball Association on behalf of the sports association, discussed Nepali sports.
